Obama Unveils Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay ‘Once and for All’

President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed to “once and for all” close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the U.S., though his plan does not specify where.

U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, on June 2, 2006. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed to “once and for all” close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the U.S., though his plan does not specify where.

Obama said that despite significant political hurdles and congressional opposition he is making one last effort to shutter the facility.

Obama's proposal ducks the thorny question of where the new facility would be located and whether Obama could complete the closure before he leaves office.